recommended reading list. Later career In more recent years, Blauner has been writing for television. He has been on the writing staffs of three shows in the Law & Order franchise. He served as a co-executive producer of Law & Order: SVU, where he was the writer of the show's 300th episode, "Manhattan Vigil," which was loosely based on his 2007 short story "Going, Going, Gone." A 2013 episode, "Legitimate Rape," co-written with Kevin Fox, was nominated for an Edgar award for best teleplay. From 2015 to 2018, he wrote as a co-executive producer for the CBS show, "Blue Bloods." His first novel in eleven years, Proving Ground, was published by Minotaur/St. Martin's Press in 2017. His eighth novel, Sunrise Highway, was published by Minotaur/St. Martin's in September, 2018. It reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction. Blauner's new novel, Picture in the Sand, which spans sixty years and the distance from Hollywood to Cairo, was published by Minotaur/St. Martin's Press on January 3rd, 2023. It is his first work of historical fiction. Novels 1991 - Slow Motion Riot 1994 - Casino Moon 1996 - The Intruder 1999 - Man of the Hour 2003 - The Last Good Day 2006 - Slipping Into Darkness 2017 - Proving Ground 2018 - Sunrise Highway 2023 - Picture in the Sand Short stories "Going, Going, Gone," The Best American Mystery Stories 2007." Selected Shorts from Symphony Space" "The Consultant," Wall Street Noir, 2007 "Thank God for Charlie," The Rich and The Dead, 2011 "The Chair," Kwik Krimes, 2013 "The Final Testament," Mysterious Press, 2013 "The Last Temptation of Frankie Lyman," Crime Plus Music, Three Rooms Press, 2016 References External links Peter Blauner's website 1959 births Living people American mystery writers 21st-century American novelists Edgar Award winners Wesleyan University alumni 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers American male novelists 21st-century American male writers